News Guru | Pegasus Project & the politics of surveillance

Updated : Sep 05, 2022 10:54
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Editorji News Desk

On News Guru this week, we take an in-depth look at the Pegasus Project and its global ramifications. With Israeli company NSO Group under the scanner for allegedly selling the state-of-the-art spyware Pegasus, what does the Pegasus snooping scandal mean for the Indian democracy? Have governments misused the cyber-surveillance weapon? Who pushed the snooping button and how can we protect our privacy?

Also watch: 'All my phones are tapped': Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus snooping row

Joining Vikram Chandra this week are Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the parliamentary panel on Information Technology; Raman Jit Singh Chima, Senior International Counsel and Asia Pacific Policy Director, Access Now; Jiten Jain, Director, Voyager Infosec, A Digital Security Lab; and Arvind Gupta, Head, Digital India Foundation.

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